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November 24, 2025 4:46 PM

Dubai Approves Record AED302.7 Billion Budget for 2026–2028

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has approved the largest three-year budget in Dubai’s history, with total expenditure of AED302.7 billion ($82.4 billion) and projected revenues...

November 24, 2025 4:01 PM

Kremlin says it will wait to see how talks between US and Ukraine on a potential peace plan pan out

The Kremlin said on Monday that it would wait to see how talks between the United States and Ukraine on a potential peace plan pan out, and would not be commenting on media reports about such a serious and complex issue. The United States and Ukrain...

November 24, 2025 3:00 PM

India and Canada to boost critical minerals, tech ties under fast-track trade talks: Goyal

India is looking to significantly scale up its cooperation with Canada in areas such as critical minerals, clean and nuclear energy, mineral processing, and supply-chain diversification, as both countries work to deepen economic engagement, Commerce ...

November 24, 2025 2:32 PM

South Africa’s G20 debt focus to be tested as US takes the chair

The G20's leadership is heading away from the Global South just as debt problems in poorer countries threaten to flare again, testing whether the group's ambitions on debt relief will translate into action under a United States presidency. South Afr...

November 24, 2025 10:47 AM

Suicide bombers kill 3 at Pakistan paramilitary HQ

Three suicide bombers targeted the headquarters of a Pakistani paramilitary force on Monday, killing three personnel and wounding at least five, authorities said. The attackers opened fire as they forced themselves into the headquarters of the front...

November 24, 2025 10:41 AM

Malaysia says it plans to ban social media for under-16s from 2026

Malaysia plans to ban social media for users under the age of 16 starting from next year, joining a growing list of countries choosing to limit access to digital platforms due to concerns about child safety. Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil said...

November 24, 2025 10:38 AM

Malaysian floods affect 11,000 people across seven states

More than 11,000 people in seven Malaysian states have been affected by flooding caused by torrential rain, the national disaster agency said on Monday. Floods are common on the eastern coast of Malaysia during the annual monsoon season from Oc...

November 24, 2025 2:01 PM

US, Ukraine say they have an ‘updated and refined’ peace framework, but questions remain

The United States and Ukraine said they had created an "updated and refined peace framework" to end the war with Russia that apparently modified an earlier plan drafted by the Trump administration which Kyiv and its allies saw as too sympathetic to M...

November 24, 2025 9:27 AM

US, Ukraine to continue work on ‘refined’ peace plan to end war with Russia

The United States and Ukraine were set to continue work on Monday on a plan to end the war with Russia after agreeing to modify an earlier proposal that was widely seen as too favorable to Moscow. The two sides said in a joint statement they had dra...

November 23, 2025 11:53 PM

Rubio says Ukraine meeting in Geneva probably the best so far

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Sunday he had made good progress in talks about a draft U.S. plan to end the war in Ukraine as he met with a Ukrainian delegation in Geneva. "So I think the takeaway from it is, I think this is a very, v...

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